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Helmut Jahn (b. January 4, 1940) is an architect, designer of dozens of major buildings throughout the world. Some of the better known among his creations are the Sony Center on the Potsdamer Platz, Berlin and the State of Illinois Center, Chicago.

Jahn was born in Nuremberg, Germany in 1940. After attending the Technische Hochschule of Munich from 1960 to 1965 he worked with Peter C. von Seidlein for a year. In 1966 he emigrated to Chicago to further study architecture at the Illinois Institute of Technology. There he studied under Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, learning the language and techniques of International Style modernism. In 1967 he joined C. F. Murphy Associates and was appointed Executive Vice President and Director of Planning and Design of the firm in 1973. In 1981 the firm was renamed Murphy/Jahn, although Murphy died a few years later in 1985, leaving Jahn in control.

Projects

• Kemper Arena - 1974
• Saint Mary's College Athletic Facility - 1977 (pictures)
• State of Illinois Center - construction: 1979 - 1985; cost: $173 million; (pictures)
• First Source Center (pictures)
• United Airlines Terminal 1 at O'Hare International Airport - construction: 1985 to 1988; cost: $200 million.
• Sony Center, Berlin - 2000. Seven building, mixed use complex, costing $800 million.
• State Street Village at Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago - 2003. Student housing on IIT's Main Campus, the master plan for which was originally designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe.
• Bayer-Headquarters Leverkusen, Germany 2000 - 2002

Awards

• 1991 - "Ten Most Influential Living American Architects" from the American Institute of Architects
• 1993 - "Outstanding Achievement/Architect Award" from the Illinois Academy of Fine Arts
• 1994 - "Bundesverdienstkreuz Erster Klasse" of the Federal Republic of Germany
• 2002 - Institute Honour Award of the American Institute of Architects for the Sony Center.

The Posttower, Bonn

Fair trade tower, Frankfurt

External links

• Murphy/Jahn official website.
• The New Modernism of Helmut Jahn
• Credits - List of buildings Jahn was involved in designing.
• Web page about Helmut Jahn (archINFORM database)
• Biographical timeline from the IIT
• Murphy/Jahn portfolio on Emporis
• projectchicago.org entry: 120 North LaSalle building
• projectchicago.org entry: State Street Village

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